Junior High Baseball: Area Regional Round-up

Area junior high baseball teams will be vying for Regional Championships around the area this afternoon.

Over in the Class 2A Nash Regional, the No. 1 seed Bishop McNamara Fighting Irish baseball team ran away with a 9-0 victory over No. 5 seed St. George during thier Saturday morning semifinal matchup, while host and No. 2 seed Clifton-Nash battled No. 3 seed Beecher and came away with a 3-2 win in their contest.

Junior High Softball: BUGC Captures Regional Crown

Kiersten Martin stepped to the plate in the eighth-inning of Monday afternoon’s Regional Championship matchup with Beecher, and drove in Mallory Ninis with a rope to centerfield to give the Bourbonnais UGC Tiger’s softball team a walk-off win over the Lady Cats, 12-11.

There was plenty of action around the area on the Junior High Softball diamonds this week. Peotone and Beecher battled with the Lady Cats falling 5-1 to the Devils, while Bishop Mac, Dwight, Manteno, and Reed-Custer all exploded from the batters box posting big wins.

Area teams opened play for the 2018 Junior High softball season this week. The Reed Custer Panthers are off to a hot 3-0 start, while the Dwight Redbirds and Beecher Lady Cats are both out of the gate with perfect 2-0 starts.